Improved school-desk



vnitetl (Staten @anni JAMES SMITHfOF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 100,334, dated March 1, 1870;.

The Schedule referred to :lu these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, J AMES SMITH, of the city of Richmond, county of Wayne, and State of Indiana, have invented certain Improvements in School-Desks, of which the following is a specitication.

Nature of the invent-ion consists -n constructing school-desks and seats with the seat so arranged on pivots, and turning with its back edge in irregularcircles formed behind and below the back edge of the seat, and in lwhich the seat wedges when raised, and is thereby held up, and the ends of the seat extend over and beyond the end-pieces or legs of the desk, in place of turning inside of the legs, and also providing vthe under part of the desk with an inclined board or bookshelf', and providing stops on the front edges of the legs ot' the desk, which catch the back edge of the seat and support it when down, and the manner in which the same is arranged and combined.

Description of lthe .Accompanying Drawings. l

The. same letters refer to corresponding parts in the several figures.

Figure l is a perspective View of 'my improved General Description.

A is the top of the desk.

B, the back board.

C, the seat.

D D", the legs or end-pieces.

E E" are projections .from the front of the legs D D", one of which is plainly seen at g. 4.

F F are two cross-pieces.

G G are pins on which the seat C vibrates.

H H are elastic ori'lexible stops secured near the back edge of the seat C.

I is a hole to receive the pin G.

K isa book-shelf, made inclining to prevent books Construction..

I make my school-desk of any kindof hard lumber one inch thick, except the frame or legs, which may be made of cast-iron.

The size is regulated as other school-desks, to suit the size of the children.

I do not claim a vibrating seat, as I am aware that that is an old device; neither do I claim a seat sup'- ported behind the axle or pivots on which the seat vi-` brates I do not claim 'the elastic or flexible substance to prevent noise; neither do I claim a circle for the back edge of the seat to turn in, ns simply giving room for turning.

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What l claim as my invention is Constructing school-desks and seats by meansof the legs D, supports M, stops E E", circles N, in connection with pivots G, seat C, elastic pieces H, and inclined book-shelf K, the whole being combined and arranged substantially as above set forth.

JAMES SMITH.

Witnesses JAMES M. Hers, Trios. A. Dnenkmv.. 

